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Police Curling ‘Champions, i were off to S| PELL t pete in the nati And this, claims’ Dale, was-the ‘most exciting curling » tournament he’s ever competed in. “Nothing could match’ it!” Ending up in third: place overall,:a remarkable~ achievement, they each brought home a bronze trophy, = beautifully engraved ring and a bronze medallion. “It was quite an experience!” recalls Dale. + Earlier this winter Dale's rink of Gerry Webb, ‘From Creston who -curled third; Jim Molitwenik, -from Castlegar, second; and lead John Veldman, also from” Castlegar, went to the B.C.’ Provincial Police Curling Championships in Vernon, and out of 16 teams placed first. ‘These four have curled together since the beginning of the year, and together they make a winning team. According to Dale, the four of them not only play: well together, they also are best of friends. ‘It’: how we got together,” says Dale, transfer that took place over in Creston. We were looking fora player.” Dale-made the call, and got Gerry and John on the.team, Dale says, ‘That was the best phone call I. ever: made.” The National Police Curling Championships are held © “annually. for all the police forces in Canada, not just the : «-RCMP,-Twelve-toams from.all aver. Canada-competed in this year's bonspiel. . When the team arrived down in.P.E.1. they began curling on Monday ‘afternoon and didn’t’ finis! tit Saturday. “I-don’t think I have ever gone through such a - hectic week!” The week began with a banquet on Sunday evening, “where we had our one and ory lobster feed.” - But soon after the.banquet the teams wént to their hotel rooms to try and rest up for the busy schedule ‘ahead. By 9 a.m. Dale. was up and attending a “skips” meeting, where explanations were made and a few rules laid out for the week ahead:'At 10 a.m. began a practice time which lasted until noon. Finally, at'1 p.m. the meet began with a ceremony which was “quite colorful” with various pep and marching bands — and of course the Summerside RCMP were out in full regalia. Finally, at 2 p.m. the teams were ready to play. . ” "WINNING WAYS .:.. Constable Dale Hockley first are up a curling broom when he was seven. He jas sincé won a number of competitions and he and Each “draw,” as they are called in curling, lasted 2% to three hours, and a day usually. consisted of three draws. That translates into a lot of playing time for the curlers, “They didn't give you much.time between draws,” talked with the others about the game, it was time to go back-on again.” Dale recalls. “By the time you came off and, The: bonspiel began with a round robin. "New Brunswick ended up winning the whole thing (the round robin) and we were the only team that beat them.” Following the-round robin the three top teams competed in the finals. In the end Ontario came in first, the rink from New Brunswick was second and after a playoff game against Alberta, Dale's rink was third. And, yes, Dale and his team were certainly nervous. The scores were close and the teams so evenly matched that it could have been anybody's game. The players were so hyped up during the week that Dale remembers being completely exhausted by the time the whole thing was over, Dale the town of S to Castl — about the same population and full of friendly people. The town really went all out, he says, to make this a week ‘to remember for these Canadian policeman. Signs and posters all over the town welcomed them. “Every team had a van and a driver assigned: to every team. On the top of each car there was the name of the province. On top of ours was B.C, Champions. It was great. Our driver was from P.E.I., but when he was with us everything was B.C., B.C,” ; “Dale told me with a smile that on the way from their hotel to the rink was a sign with the constantly changing ‘Scores.posted from day to day in removable letters and numbers. Being policemen they would look at each other and say, “Well, I wonder how long they'll stay there?” But they weren't even touched. It was great. The town was just great to us. They did a super job of entertain- ment. They put on a really good show.” Although Dale didn’'t‘get to see too much of P.E.L., his wife, Tina and the other curler’s wives who went, ’ were treated to a tour of the Lieutenant-Governor's his B B.C. team 1 managed to bring home a bronze medal during the’ recent National Police Curling Championships in P.E.1. house. “Otherwise the wives just sat and watched. I kind of felt sorry for them," he says with a laugh. Although the 12 rinks fought for blood out on the ice, off the ice they shared a common bond and enjoyed sitting down and comparing notes. “It was really nice — we all had something in common. We were able to sit down and chat about it.” They traded momentos of their province, and Dale came home with a bagful of “loot;" pins, tie clips, buttons, provincial flags, etc. About the only bit of the island province that Dale saw was driving to the rink. He did tell me about the “red mud” that seems to be the ground floor of P.E.I. “It’s just. everywhere. It’s interesting. They have no stones or gravel. They have to ship gravel from New Brunswick.” Dale first picked up a curling broom when he wea about seven years old and won his first curling award when he was about 16 at a 4H bonspiel. He now has a room full of trophies and plaques collected through the years, Growing up in the prairie town of Forrest, eight miles outside of Brandon, Man., the winter pastime for boys was either hockey or curling. Dale did play hockey a few years, but finally ended up choosing the game of curling. I asked about the name of his town, thinking it odd that a treeless prairie town should be named Forrest. “Well,” was his reply, “they used all the lumber to build the elevator so there are no trees there now.” “But it's spelled differently,” chimed in his wife from the other room. The first six years of Dale's schooling were spent ina one-room school house. His high school had a total of 160 students. “That was a big schooll” His growing up years were filled with a lot of curling and a lot of working on the farm. For two winters hockey was his “number one priority.” Then he discovered that curling was just as competitive and just as much fun. All through his childhood he knew he wanted to be a policeman, “On the prairies the mounted policeman was very highly respected. I guess it was in schoo] — you read about the ies." And when & policeman came to talk in their school, Dale’s mouth would drop open. He dreamed of being like them. The youngest of three brothers, Dale knew, this dream could very well become a reality for him because with three older brothers he wouldn't be required to stay and work on the farm. “Right out of high school, Dale made application to the RCMP. academy in Regina. “I applied in June of 71 and was driving to Regina in '72. After six months of training he got a six-month probationary posting in Port Alberni. He lived in Parksville for three months, Qualicum Beach for four years, and Quadra Island for two years before coming to Castlegar in 1979. But everywhere he has lived he has managed to get on a curling team or two. Dale enjoys this area of the country and is an siastic hunter and fish He and his wife have one son, Robert, age two. Last year he was president of the Castlegar Curling Club and is still involved in the executive. When his rink went off to P.E.I. the Curling Club gave them a grand send-off, complete with pies in the face. Since 1979 Dale has been in Castlegar, along with 17 others who serve this detachment. I asked what is the most common offence here, and he replied, “Vandalism.” - He added that most vandalism ’is’a result of alcohol.” I asked Dale, if being a mounted policeman ‘is like what he dreamed about as a kid. He smiled, paused, and finally said, “In the Prairies the mounted police were very well thought of. When I came over here I couldn't get over some of the negative thinking. I was never brought up that way.” One question I couldn't resist asking concerned our justice system. Is it worth it — all the running around to find a criminal — and when you do find a serious offender and he gets six months in prison? Dale paused and quietly replied, “It used to really _ bother me. It still does. But it’s one of those facts of life. You have to be very careful in not falling into the rut of ‘why bother?’ If you do your job right, then it's going to be up to the other half to do theirs? If theirs isn't done, you can still say afterwards that you did all you could do.” “THINK! MOTHERS DAY" 365-2252 . {THOMIY AUROND!.{ MOTHER N S GRANOLA PANTRY ‘ abc . $1.15 Ib. sp